Spooling-machine



(No Model.)

'S. W. GODDARD.

'SPOOLING MACHINE.

N0. 355,161. Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

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SILAS W. GODDARD, OF VVOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPOOLING- MACHINE.

SPECIPICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 355,161, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed May 6, 1535. Serial No. 164,540. (No model.) I

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SILAS W. GODDARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spoofing-Ma chines; and I declare the following to be a description of my said invention sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable others skilled in the art to which it ap'pertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a -part of this specification.

This invention relates to machines for spooling wool and worsted yarn or threads; and the objects of my present inventionare to provide a convenient weight mechanism for pressing the spool upon the Operating drum or cylinder, with facilities whereby the weights can be quickly and easily raised and lowered when required; also, to provide a guiding device in combination with the tension-regulating rolls thatrwill prevent the threads from wearing grooves into the face of the said rolls; and, also, to provide means whereby the leading guide can be rolled or adjusted up or down for receiving the threads from a high or low position with equal facility. These objects I attain by the mechanism shown in the drawings and hereinafter described, the particular subject-matter claimed being hereinafter definitely specified.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isan end view of a spoolingmachineembracing the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of one end of the machine. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the weightlifting device. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the adjustable bearings for the guide-bar, and Fig. 6 is a View of the pawl and ratchet for theweight-lifting shaft. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing rack and gear substituted as a modification in place of a sheave and chain.

In reference to parts, A denotes the frame; B, theoperating drumor cylinder; 0, the drivingpulleys; D D, the tension-regulating rolls; d, the'frictioirbands; F, the spool; G, the end shaft; H, the index-wheel; I I, the operating worms, and J the striker, all of which parts may be arranged for operating in the ordinary manner, or as now employed in spooli-ng-machines.

In my improved mechanism, the weights W are suspended from a lif ti n g-shaft, s, which extends across the top of the machine, and is journaled in bearings on the uprights A by means of straps, cords, or chains w,that windonto sheaves s, or by a rack, 8 and pinions s fixed to shaft 3. The weights are fitted to slide up and down on the side upright standards, A, or on suitable guides in connection with the frame, so that they will not swing out of place. Said weights are furnished with a recess, f, to receiye and hold the journal of the spool F.

A ratchet, R, is fixed on the end of shaft S,

and a pawl, P, is pivoted on the side of the upright A, to engage said ratchet and retain the shaft and weights when elevated. A handwheel or crank, L, is fixed on the end of the shaft for turning it. By means of the crank and shaft the weights V at bot-h ends of the drum E canbe raised from the spool simultaneously in a quick, easy, and convenient manner when desired. The pawl P is provided with a balance-weight, P, for swinging it against the ratchet and for permitting the pawl to be swung back, as indicated in Fig. 6.

. M indicates the thread-guiding bar arranged between the rolls D and the spool F, and N indicates a thread-guiding bar arranged back of the rolls D. Both of said guide-bars are arranged for reciprocative action, and are connected at one end by a swinging lever, O, fulcrumed on the frame at a, so that the movement of the bar N is effected at the same time,

but opposite to that of, bar M, one moving toward the right when the other moves toward the left, and vice versa. These guide-bars are reciprocated by a lever, T, connected to the end of the bar M, and actuated by a cam, V, on the shaft G, or in other suitable manner. The reciprocation of the guide-bars M and N in the manner described changes the bearing positions of the threads on the rolls D D, instead of their passing constantly at one place, so that the entire surface of the rolls is subjected to wear; hence the threads do not wear orcut the surface of the rolls into grooves.

The guiding-bearings E for the bar N are pivoted to their support-brackets, as at a, so that said bar can be rocked and adjusted toin-- cline upward or downward, as indicated in Fig. 5, to receive the threads directly from a high or low position, as desired. This is of great convenience in the practical working of the machine, and saves theguide-eyes from being cut out by the threads as rapidly as is the case where the threads are drawn across the edges of the eyes, as occurs when the direction of the eyes and the line of approach of the thread are on diiferent planes.

. The operation of spooling the yarn will be fully understood by any person conversant with this class of machinery, and the operation and advantages incident to my'improvements are sufficiently set forth in the foregoing description to be clearly understood by such persons.

What I claim as of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Aspooling-machine of the class specified, having a revoluble cylinder supported in bearings on the frame, a removable yarn-receiving spool resting upon said cylinder, independently-sliding slotted Weights embracing the respective spool-journals for confining said spool upon the cylinder, a shaft provided with sheaves disposed above said weights, weightsuspending chains respectively connecting'said weights and sheaves, whereby the independent weights at both ends of the spool can be simultaneously raised and lowered, and a handcrank and locking devices, in combination with said shaft, said parts being constructed as shown and operating as set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, with the tension-regulating rolls in a spoofing-machine, of thread-guides at front and rear of said rolls and means for imparting reciprocative lateral movement to said guides, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore deseribed,'of the tension-rolls D D, reciprocating guide-bars M and N, connectinglever O, and means, substantially such as described, for imparting movement thereto, for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, with the frame or sustaini ngbrackets, of the thread-guiding bar N and the guiding-bearings E, for supporting said bar, pivoted to said brackets and adjustable about their pivot-centers for changing the inclination of said guide bar, for the purpose set forth.

\Vitness my hand this 4th day of May, A. D. 1885.

SILAS W. GODDARD.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. BURLEIG-H, C. S'. WARD. 

